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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Paper 3: Practical Test
May/June 2005
2 hours 45 minutes
Additional Materials:
Candidate Source Files
READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST
Make sure that your name, centre number and candidate number are printed on each printout that you are
asked to produce.
Carry out every instruction in each task.
Tasks are numbered on the left hand side of the page, so that you can see what to do, step by step. On the
right hand side of the page for each task, you will find a box which you can tick () when you have
completed the task; this checklist will help you to track your progress through the assignment.
Before each printout you should proof-read the document to make sure that you have followed all
instructions carefully.
At the end of the assignment put all your printouts into the Assessment Record Folder.
This document consists of 6 printed pages.
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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS
International General Certificate of Secondary Education
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You work for an international company called Hothouse Design. You are going to help to plan an
advertising campaign for a shop selling mobile phones.
TASK A - COMMUNICATION
1
Send a message to design.h@ucles.org.uk which contains the subject line
STANDARD2005A and the text Please send the instructions.
1.2.1
2
Read the reply to your message and follow the instructions. The URL which
you will need is http://www.hothouse-design.co.uk
1.1.1
1.4.1
2.1.1
2.2.1
2.3.1
3
Prepare to send a message to design.h@ucles.org.uk with the subject set
to ICTCOREX and attach the file which you downloaded from the Hothouse
website to your e-mail.
1.2.1
1.3.1
The message should say Here is the requested file.
Add your name to the end of the message.
4
Print a copy of this e-mail, showing clearly that the attachment is present.
11.1.1
Send the e-mail.
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TASK B – DOCUMENT PRODUCTION
You are now going to edit a document about the mobile phones.
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Using a suitable software package, load the file SCA5MOB.TXT
3.1.1
6
Set the page size to A4.
4.1.1
7
Set the page orientation to landscape.
4.1.2
8
Place your name left aligned and today’s date right aligned in the header.
Place the page number left aligned in the footer.
4.1.3
Make sure that headers and footers are displayed on each page.
9
Set the top, bottom, left and right margins to 3 centimetres.
4.1.4
10
Set the text to 1.5 line spacing.
4.1.5
11
Make the text left aligned.
4.1.6
12
Set the text size to 10 point.
5.5.1
13
Insert the heading Phoney Phones Marketing Strategy at the top of the
document.
3.2.1
14
Centre the heading and select a different font from the rest of the text.
Change the size of the heading to 16 point and make it underlined.
4.1.6
5.5.1
15
Add bullet points to the list:
5.2.1
television
radio
billboards
internet
16
Make sure that the bulleted list is indented by at least 3 centimetres.
5.1.1
17
Insert a page break before the paragraph which starts: Each of these areas
needs to be thoroughly investigated in terms of audience impact…
5.4.1
18
Spell-check and proof-read the document.
19
Save the document using a new filename and print a draft copy.
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TASK C – DATA MANIPULATION
You are now going to manipulate and extract some data.
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Using a suitable database package, import the file SCA5MOB.CSV
6.1.1
21
Insert the data for the following three records:
6.2.1
Make
Model
Weight
Length
Nokia
Nokia
Nokia
6510
3510
5210
84
105
92
97
118
106
Width
Height
Talk time
17
18
20
135
270
230
47
42
45
Standby
time
350
312
170
Display
Mono
Mono
Mono
Check your data entry for errors.
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Save the data.
11.1.1
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Produce a report which:
8.2.1
9.1.1
8.1.1
9.1.3
9.1.2
9.1.3
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shows only the phones where the Make is Nokia
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shows all the fields
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sorts the data into ascending order of Talk time (with 135 at the top)
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has a page orientation of portrait
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includes the heading Nokia phones in stock at the top of the page
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has your name on the right in the footer.
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Save and print this report.
11.1.2
25
Produce a new report from all the data which:
8.2.1
9.1.1
8.1.1
7.1.1
9.1.2
9.1.3
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shows only the phones where the Length is less than 100 and the
Display is Colour
•
shows only the fields Make, Model, Weight, Length
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is sorted into descending order of Make (with Samsung at the top)
•
has the average Weight value calculated at the bottom of the Weight
column
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includes the heading Small colour phones at the top of the page
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has your name on the left in the footer.
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Save and print this report.
11.1.2
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Select from all the data, only the phones:
8.2.1
8.1.1
9.1.1
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where the Make is Sagem or NEC or Trium
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sorted into ascending order of Make (with NEC at the top)
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showing only the fields Make, Model, Talk time, Standby time
Save this data in a form which can be imported into a text document.
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TASK D - INTEGRATION
You are now going to make some changes to the document which you saved in Task B.
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Open the document you saved in Task B.
3.1.1
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Remove the page break inserted in Task B step 17.
5.4.1
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Set the page orientation to portrait.
4.1.2
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Move the page numbering so that it is right aligned in the footer of each page.
4.1.3
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Set the top, bottom, left and right margins to 2 centimetres.
4.1.4
34
Set the text to single line spacing.
4.1.5
35
Make all the text (except for the heading) fully justified.
4.1.6
36
Set the text size (except for the heading) to 12 point.
5.5.1
37
Create a table with 5 rows and 3 columns after the sentence: Please note
your roles in this investigation and the mobile phone numbers of each of the
team members which are identified in the following table:
5.3.1
3.2.1
Enter the following data into this table:
Name
Jenny
Juan
Rochelle
Xavier
Role
Television and radio
Television and radio
Billboards
Internet
Mobile
0979 797979
0979 123456
0979 111122
0979 888888
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Import a graphic image showing a mobile phone (from clip art, scanner, digital
camera or elsewhere), and place this in the top left corner of page 1.
10.1.1
39
Change the image so that:
3.3.2
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it is re-sized to fill a quarter of the page
•
the text wraps around the image
•
it appears below the title.
It should look like this:
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You now need to import the data which you saved at the end of Task C.
10.1.1
Insert this data as a table after the paragraph which ends: …as well as obtaining
product summaries on all other in-stock products from our clients.
Make sure there is one blank line above and below the table.
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Spell-check and proof-read the document.
5.4.1
Place page breaks, if necessary, to ensure that:
• tables do not overlap two pages
• bulleted lists do not overlap two pages
• there are no widows
• there are no orphans.
Ensure that there are no blank pages.
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Save the document using a new filename and print a final copy.
11.1.1
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reasonable effort has been made by the publisher (UCLES) to trace copyright holders, but if any items requiring clearance have unwittingly been included, the
publisher will be pleased to make amends at the earliest possible opportunity.
University of Cambridge International Examinations is part of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is itself a department
of the University of Cambridge.
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